Universities and global diversity : preparing educators for tomorrow / / edited by Beverly Lindsay and Wanda J. Blanchett
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| Titolo: |
Universities and global diversity : preparing educators for tomorrow / / edited by Beverly Lindsay and Wanda J. Blanchett
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 370.71 |
| 378.016 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Education, Higher |
| Education - Study and teaching (Higher) | |
| Education and globalization | |
| Universities and colleges | |
| Altri autori: |
BlanchettWanda J
LindsayBeverly
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Universities and Global Diversity: Preparing Educators for Tomorrow; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Foreword; Preface to the New Decade; Abbreviations; 1 Universities and GlobalDiversity: PreparingEducators for Tomorrow; Part I Geopolitical andRegional Matters inHigher Education; 2 The University in TurbulentTimes: A ComparativeStudy of the United Statesand Russia; 3 Beyond Globalization:Possibilities and Challengesin Korea and China; 4 Globalization and HigherEducation in the MiddleEast; 5 Shifting Tides in JamaicanHigher Education |
| Part II Unique Colleges andUniversities and GlobalInfluences6 Historically BlackColleges and Universitiesin New Orleans: Domesticand Global Engagement inthe Post-Katrina Era; 7 Native American Tribal Collegesand Universities: UtilizingIndigenous Knowledges andWays of Knowing to PrepareNative Peoples to Meet theDemands of an IncreasinglyGlobalized Community; 8 Urban Support Networks:Commuter Urban PublicUniversities in Global Times; 9 Australian Universitiesand the Challenges ofInternationalization; Part III University Students andColleges and Schools ofEducation | |
| 10 An International Survey ofHigher Education Students'Perceptions of World-Mindednessand Global Citizenship11 European Union Universitiesand Teacher Preparation; 12 Engaged Research/ers,Transformative Curriculum,and Diversity Policy for TeacherEducation in the Americas: TheUnited States, Brazil, and Belize; 13 Teaching and AdministrativeDevelopment in SouthernAfrica: Illustrations fromMozambique and Angola; Part IV Global Environmentsand Diversity; 14 Universities and GlobalDiversity: Movementtoward Tomorrow; Contributors; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This volume seeks to critically examine the nexus between globalization and diversity as it affects the preparation of professional educators on several continents, taking into account the extensive changes in economic, sociopolitical, and cultural dynamics within nations and regions that have occurred in the last decade. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Universities and global diversity |
| ISBN: | 1-136-88641-9 |
| 1-283-84342-0 | |
| 1-136-88642-7 | |
| 0-203-83969-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910815413803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Routledge Research in Education